DUSHANBE. June 14. KAZINFORM A close relative of Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon was killed in Dushanbe, local mass media reported on Thursday, according to Itar-Tass.

The director of the state-run forestry company Tajikles, Kholmumin Safarov, husband of Rakhmon's elder sister, was killed last night not far from a bus station. Unidentified criminals shot him dead, when he was in his car.

The details of the killing have not been reported so far.

Tajikistan's law enforcers beefed up security in the capital.